“Himalayas”

wildlife · birds

With India's summer heat, the British thought this bird was singing Brainfever, Brainfever! But it is really just the Common Hawk Cuckoo or papiha, a parasitice cuckoo that calls out aloud in the summer months.

wildlife · birds

What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such numbers to escape the harsher climes up north, in warmer balmier wintery India.

wildlife · snow

Snow Leopard is one of the large species of big cat family native to the mountain ranges of Himalayas.

Uttarakhand·birds · wildlife

The Crested Hawk-eagle or Changeable Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus), is a bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.

forest · hills

In the fading light of a monsoon day, what has this female Kalij Pheasant found as she gobbles it up, trying to stuff it down her beak, camouflaged as she is into forest leaf litter digs in to the understorey for insects and seeds? Male thr…

forest · hills

Female Kalij Pheasant camouflaged into forest leaf litter digs in to the understorey for insects and seeds Male threatens female away from prize worm she has found: Kaleej Pheasant couple beak around in grass Male and female Kalij Pheasant…

forest · hills

Come night time, and the Kalij Pheasants in our forest ascend to the upper branches of oak trees to roost. While there, they dig into the lichens and mosses to search for insectds and plant food.

river · wildlife

The name Bandarpunch / Banderpunch (also spelt as Bandarpoonch) literally means “monkey’s tail” in Hindi and is a lovely mountain in the Western Garhwal region of Uttarakhand.

Himachal Pradesh·wildlife · snow

It is rare to see the elusive and endangered Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) even in a zoo let alone its natural habitat.

Uttarakhand·hills · forest

At the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary at Jabbarkhet, Mussoorie, a pair of Goral or wild mountain goats stare out across a rocky cliff-top, at possible leopard movement in the Oak forest above.

wildlife · birds

"This rare bird was filmed by our consultant ornithologist Chewang Bonpo who runs the fine birding and home stay property at Bon Farmhouse in Kewzing Village, West Sikkim.

wildlife · birds

A close-up view of a White-capped Redstart perched on the arm of a bench. The Redstart flaunts its colourful plumage and the distinct white patch on its head.

Uttarakhand·birds · hills

On your next trip to the mountains and forests around them, listen out for this call and you can look around you and find the Red-winged Shrike Babbler, a lovely albeit shy mountain forest bird well worth looking out for! Filmed here at the…

birds · wildlife

Pallas's Fishing Eagle and Crested Hawk Eagle sits on a naked tree branch watching out for its prey...

Uttarakhand·wildlife · birds

A striking Black-headed Jay (Garrulus lanceolatus) perches gracefully on the bare branches of a leafless tree in the cool Himalayan landscape of Jabberkhet, Mussoorie.

flowers · wildlife

Kniphofia or Torch Lily is not a true lily, but makes excellent cut flowers and is loved by bees and birds alike.

wildlife · birds

How nice that such places actually still exist?! And wild birds that cross the Himalaya come here to seek shelter and feed, with no fear of any danger of threat! Quite aperfect situation of humans hosting birds! Demoiselle cranes Khichan vi…

wildlife · birds

Cranes darken the sky and ground - so many birds create the most beautiful cacophony of Demoiselle Crane calls! What a sight! What an absolutely fabulous sight of wild birds coming together in such numbers to escape the harsher climes up no…

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

Benog, Bhadraj and the cloudy villages and forests of Benog Wildlife Sanctuary, beyond Cloud End, near Mussoorie in the Uttarakhand Himalaya.

forest · hills

Male and female Kalij Pheasant couple root around in the forest leafy under storey, at Motidhar sanctuary of wildfilmsindia, with the red lappet of the male matching the dropped Rhododendron arboreum petals, in terms of colour tonality.

wildlife · forest

Elephant clears path for birding tourists at Nameri National Park, Assam. Nameri National park is good place for bird watching.

Uttarakhand·hills · wildlife

Suman Dubey speaks on recollections of mountaineering and walking the Himalaya with Hari Dang, dating back to his early days on Everest in 1962.

Uttarakhand·forest · hills

This langur is enjoying its spring-time feast of fresh crunchy oak leaves in the lower Himalaya, at the wildfilmsindia wildlife sanctuary, around Jabbarkhet in Uttarakhand.

hills · wildlife

The Himalayan Griffon Vulture, Gyps himalayensis, is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is closely related to the European Griffon Vulture, G. fulvus.